{"nrhp_refnum":"11000027","name":"Virts, William, House","other_names":["Beans, Uriah, House","CHDR File No. 053-0598"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"38670 Old Wheatland Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waterford","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":39.18784154800005,"lon":-77.66634861899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-bay, two-and-a-half-story Federal-style fieldstone farmhouse on about three acres on Old Wheatland Road, southwest of Waterford in western Loudoun County, Virginia. The original stone dwelling dates to circa 1798 and was enlarged circa 1813, with a stone springhouse and a frame shed on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a well-preserved example of Federal-style architecture in the Loudoun County Piedmont. Its circa 1813 renovation turned a vernacular one-and-a-half-story stone house into a stylish mansion house, reflecting the acculturation of the Germanic Virts family into Anglo-Virginian culture. Features such as entry from grade into two floors recall Germanic building traditions.","narrative":"Set on about three acres southwest of Waterford in western Loudoun County, this fieldstone house began around 1798 as a one-and-a-half-story, two-room dwelling built into an embankment for William Virts. Around 1813 the Virts family added upper stories of irregularly coursed fieldstone with dressed quoins, producing a two-and-a-half-story, six-room house with a side-gabled metal roof and a large stone chimney on the east end. Interior finishes include chair-rail molding, ogee trim, a hidden cabinet and a Classical Revival mantelpiece with Greek fret. The original lower level survives as the basement kitchen. Entrances at ground level on two floors recall Germanic building habits. The property is described as showing how a German-descended family adopted the stylish Federal manner of the surrounding Piedmont. Later work includes repairs about 1871, modernization in the 1930s, renovation in 1976 and a brick addition in 1999. A circa 1813 stone springhouse and a circa 1840 frame shed also contribute.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling; a compatible brick addition was built in 1999, and the house was renovated in 1976 after being rundown and abandoned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.406795-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/6816/41681659/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/11000027.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000027/279de6b46a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000027/279de6b46a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_WIRTS_HOUSE,_LOUDOUN_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_WIRTS_HOUSE,_LOUDOUN_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681659","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Virts_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713538"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/virts-william-house-11000027/"}